GEL 2006, Sacred Places NYC Tour: Draft plan

Description: A half day tour of some of NYC’s sacred places, focusing on how they are designed to achieve the effects they have. We’ll spend some time at each place examining the effects they have on people but focusing on how those effects are acheived and what can be learned for designers and creators of all kinds.

Food / Money: We’ll be stopping for a quick pizza lunch early in the afternoon. You’ll need some cash for this, but other costs are covered by GEL.

Notes for participants: Wear comfortable shoes. We’ll be doing much walking. This is not a "listen to the tour guide blather on forever" kind of tour. It’s mostly self-guided and participatory, with a guide who will lead the way, point things out and answer questions.

	Time	Notes/Logistics	Location	Photo	Description
	11:00am – 11:30am	Tour starts. Short lecture on understanding sacred spaces.	Islamic Center of NYC (96th/Lex)
	11:45am-12:30am	Walk to Ferrer from Islamic center.	St. Vincent Ferrer (66/Lex)
	12:30-2:00	After Ferrer we walk across Central park to Strawberry fields. Either picnic in the park or at pizza place nearby.	Central Park, lunch, strawberry fields (72nd, CPW) City Pie, 212-580-6969 66 W 72nd St. E of Broadway, New York 10023
	2:00-2:30pm	Take cabs or subway to midtown.	5th ave Presbyterian Church (55th/5th)
	Time permitting		Times Square (Broadway and 46th)
	Time permitting		Grand Central (42nd/Park)		Walking tour
	2:45-3:15pm	Walk to St. Thomas.	St. Thomas Church (53rd/5th)
	3:30pm-4:30pm	Walk to St. Patricks	St. Patricks and Chapel, 50th/Madison
	TOUR ENDS
	Other possibilities
	In Midtown, near St-Patricks.		St. Barts (50th/Park)
	Missed this on my scouting mission, but it could fit in with or replace Ferrer or 5th Presbyterian.		Christ Church (60th/Park)